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Equality Act
This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation.
The bill expands the definition of public accommodations to include places or establishments that provide (1) exhibitions, recreation, exercise, amusement, gatherings, or displays; (2) goods, services, or programs; and (3) transportation services.
The bill allows the Department of Justice to intervene in equal protection actions in federal court on account of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The bill prohibits an individual from being denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing room, that is in accordance with the individual's gender identity.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5 as passed House on Feb 25, 2021. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Feb 25, 2021Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveFeb 25, 2021
House Feb 25, 2021 · the primary vote
Equality Act
Passed
224 Yea 206 Nay 2 not voting
Party-line vote 3 of 430 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5 and vote against it. 223 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
484 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-04. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.